Michele, an elementary schoolteacher, worked with our homeownership team in 2016 for our Below Market Purchase (BMP) program we administer for the city of Santa Clara. We caught up with…
Updates
Affordable Housing Month Kicks off May 1
April 24, 2020
Yesterday, the same day our Homeownership Team had their first Empower Homebuyers SCC webinar, Sonya Singha, a member of our ADU team, took part in an online panel discussion of…
Updates
SVLG Regional Economic Forum on May 1
April 24, 2020
Next Friday, May 1, our friends at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group are hosting Regional Economic Forum: In the COVID-19 Era. It’s the first time as a virtual event and…
Updates
A Smile for Eden Housing and Volunteering
April 24, 2020
When COVID-19 is behind us we will all commit to things that were postponed in the wake of the Shelter in Place. For many of us it is a long…
Updates
Homeownership at Work: First Empower Webinar Takes Shape
April 24, 2020
Since the Shelter in Place order began, the Homeownership team closed two loans for Empower Homebuyers SCC – the Measure A funded down payment assistance program created by the County…
Just Funded, Updates
More Multifamily Lending – and More to Come
April 24, 2020
Today we are happy to report continued strides in our lending thanks to funding from a host of wonderful supporters – including our TECH Fund investors, Supportive Housing Fund partner…
Updates
52 Proposals: An Apple Affordable Housing Fund Update
April 16, 2020
To our Valued Partners, We want to thank you all for your continued commitment to affordable housing. A special thanks to those who submitted an RFP for the Apple Affordable Housing…
Just Funded
TECH Fund Helps Housing Trust Close 2nd Loan in Redwood City
April 9, 2020
Housing Trust made a $6.4 million loan to Affirmed Housing Group to acquire a site in Redwood City – drawing from our TECH Fund, which has helped finance over 3,000…
Just Funded
Supportive Housing Fund Deployed for Markham Plaza Bridge Loan
April 9, 2020
Housing Trust has provided a $995,000 bridge loan for Markham Plaza II, Phase 2 of Markham Plaza Project, a 153 home Core Companies development in San Jose. This is following…
Success Stories, Updates
Empowered by Home: Dmitry’s Story
April 9, 2020
Dmitry, a teacher for the visually impaired, has worked for the Cupertino Union School District for the last four years. He loves the community he serves and could not imagine…